Abstract: Housing for electronic means, comprising a compartment with an opening which is suitable for allowing through a battery, a cover which is suitable for closing off the opening, spring means which, when the cover has closed off the opening and when the battery is situated in the compartment, maintain the battery opposite the cover under spring force, and bearing means which have inwardly facing bearing surfaces for supporting from the inside an edge section of the cover. The cover and the remainder of the housing have dimensions which are such that, when the cover closes off the opening from the inside, the cover can be displaced further into the compartment and then with an indication through the opening, counter to the action of the spring means. Inside the housing there are arranged locking means opposite the cover (14), which locking means can be actuated from outside the housing so as to lock or unlock the cover when it has closed off the opening.